A movie you survive
Traumatika is a 2024 American horror film directed by Pierre Tsigaridis. Young Mikey is beset with nightmares that turn painfully real when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. And even worse, he's trapped with her. Alone in their house and unable to escape as she begins turning increasingly unstable and hunting him.
The film was released in theaters September 12, 2025.
This film contains the following tropes:
- Action Survivor: Mikey is just a kid on the run from his demonically possessed mother.
- Abusive Parents: Abigail suffered horrid abuse and this manifests badly in her own relationship with Mikey. It gets even worse when she's possessed.
- Ancient Evil: The first scene establishes "Volpaazu," an ancient demon that is the taker of children.
- Child Abuse Is a Special Kind of Evil: The film is built around horrible abuse of children and portrayed as nightmarish.
- Demonic Possession: The demon Volpaazu possesses victims, converting them into its pawns and then attacking children.
- Harmful to Minors: Mikey has to witness his mother growing increasingly monstrous and then actively trying to harm him.
- Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: Volpaazu abducts and then murders children.
- Parental Incest: Volpaazu rapes Abigail using her father's body.
- Sadistic Choice: Volpaazu threatens Abigail to find him a replace child. Or he'll rape and impregnate her younger sister.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Volpaazu had been locked away a long time in an ancient artifact, but is released in modern day.
- Would Hurt a Child: Volpaazu is the "Taker of Children," his preferred prey.